Microsoft provides Secure Shell (SSH) server software with Windows 11 that you can use to listen for connections from remote SSH clients, but the server service is not installed by default. To install the Microsoft-provided SSH server software on a Windows 11 system, take the following steps:

1. Type optional features in the Windows Search field at the bottom of the screen and hit Enter, then click on "Open" when it is found.
2. Click on the View features button.
3. Scroll down the list of optional features until you see Open SSH Server and then click on the check box for it and click on the Next button.
4. Click on the Add button to add the OpenSSH Server capability to the system.
5. When the Optional features window shows that the OpenSSH Server software has been added, you can close the window. If you scroll down the list of added features before closing the window, you should see OpenSSH Server below OpenSSH Client.

After installing the software, you will need to start the OpenSSH server service.

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